Coupon passenger-ticket.



R. D. SMITH.

COUPON PASSENGER TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 2, 1909.

Patented Mar.7,1911.

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Specification of Letters latent. y Patented Mar, 7, 91:]u

Application iled December 2, 1909.'. Serial No.- 531,099.

To; all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known 4that I, RoiY D. SMITH, a citizen of the-United States, `residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State .of California, have invented a new and.. useful Coupon Passenger-Ticket, of which the following is a specification.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a one form coupon -ticket for use over a route of travel, comprising a number of different lines of railways, which will be simple in its arrangement and kat the same time designate upon each coupon all of the roads over which the passenger is going, or over which the ticket Was purchased, and designate the particular road of the several roads havin" the same junction points over which the ticket is good.

TheI principal object of my invention is tov provide-a coupon railroad ticket covering a route4 of travel over a series or system of railroads, each coupon being provided with the names of all of the roads` in the route which have the same junction points o1- terminal, arranged Ain groups thereon, such groups of' names being arranged in progressive order across each ofthe several coupons to thereby show in such groupings the railroads which have the same junctions or terminal in their sequential order with relation to the route traversed.

Afurther object of my invention is to provide a coupon railroad ticket having groupings of the names of railroads having common junctions or terminal points arranged in progressive order upon each coupon, and means for indicating the common junction or terminal of suc-h roads in conjunction with such groupings of the railroad names.

My invention is specially adapted to allow the passenger to select any particular railroad` over which he desires to travel between terminal points or junctions and enables-the ticket agent to place the same in a validl condition in a short time, by means of an ordinary six hole punch.

I am aware that 4heretofore coupon tickets have been used in which all of the namesy of the railroads, over which the several couponsztobe used,A are valid, and I am aware that-.such coupons have been providedwith.

emphaSiZed spacesmpon each coupon-t0 .in-r..v

dicateand call attention to the roadover which the coupon is valid, and I am `also aware that a coupon-.ticket having a plurality of .coupons bearing upon each one.. arrangements of combinations of different railroads to constitute a particular route of journey has been used. Y

By my invention Il am enabled to make a multiplicity of combinations covering anv route desired by the passenger, all of which combinations and arrangements may be contained upon a small coupon together withall information necessary be furnished thereupon.` The accompanying drawings illustrate mv invention. Figure 1 is a View showing the agents orcustomary to stub coupon and two of the rst coupons to be used upon the journey. Fig. 2 is a view 1n outline showing a complete ticket of fou-r coupons, the agents stub and the advice to auditorstub. Fig. 3 is a view of the ticket folded ready for punching to validate the same. 4

1 indicates the first coupon toV be used upon a journey, while 2, 3 and 4 indicate the succeeding coupons to be used in their sequential order upon roads having common terminals orjunction points.

5 indicates the agents stub coupon which is to be retained by lthe the transaction of the sale .of the ticket to the passenger.

6 is the auditors stub coupon` which is used by him in settling `accounts between the sellingroad and the railroads over which ,the passenger is carried. L

In the ticket, illustrated inthe drawings, the starting point is shown by stamping the name of the .station selling-the same upon the back of each of the coupons. minal onjunetion point to which the `ticket is sold is named in one of the spaces shown under the-title, Destination 7. The sev- The tereral points-which may be reached from any one point byany line of railway or any con-A nectin railwa are ou ed in columns undersugch headi gr p venient manner. l

The main o'r-central portion of the several coupons is provided with a plurality of columns or spacesf8, .9, 10 and-11 suitably dingin any suitable or con-` vided, in each ofvwhichspaces are arranged v the-.names of all rail-roads having` a com- .monstarting point anda commonterminal,

together. with .the names of the-- common starting point and terminal of. such roads. The group of roads embraced in the column of the .coupon which is valid .between any coupon and may two points is embraced in an'emphasized border or marking 12 which makes such colulnn quickly distinguishable from the other columns containing groups'ofrailroads and junctions not havin the junction oint or terminal stated as tlie points to w ich tlie coupon is good. The railroadover which the coupon will be honored for passage is indicated by the ordinary punch marks above and below the name of the road.'

The columns inclosed in t-lieemphasized lines 12 are arranged in progressiveorder in stepped relation to each other upon .each bc utilized by the auditors in tracing or proving the progress of a passenger upon his journey as well as serving to guide the conductor or ticket taker to lo- 'cate upon the ticket the information as to whether or not the coupon presented to him is the one issued for the road over which the passenger is entitled to travel.

As illustrating the application of my invention to a railroad ticket, I'have shown a coupon ticket inthe accompanying drawings having four groups of names of railroads, which are connected through junction points or terminals to form a route of travel from the initial or starting point which is the station which is to be stamped on the back of the ticket, which information or direction is printed at the head of column 1 and reads Station on back via The road over which passage will .be honored for coupon 1 is Nor-th & South Ry as shown in' column 1, and the station orjunct-ion to which the coupon is good is To Denver, as shown printed at the bot-tom of column 1.v Such column von coupon 1 is embraced in an emphasized border.

Column 2 reads, From Denver via, at the head of such column, over either the Mo. Pacific Ry.,Union Pacic Ry., C. R. I. & P. Ry., Burlington or A. T. & S. F. Ry. railroads To Co. Bluffs, named at the bottom of the column. As shown, the Burlington has been selected as the road over which the second coupon is to be good and that road has been indicated by the embracing punch marks. Column 2 on coupon 2 is embraced within an emphasized border showing that the roads only `within such border are available for passage by the use of thatcoupon.

Column .3 reads from Co. Bluff via the roads C. M. & S. P. Ry., Wabash Ry., Union Pacific Ry., Mo. Pacific Ry., or C. R. L. & P.1Ry., to Kan. City. The Union Pacific Ry. having been selected, thatnaine is indicated by the embracing punch marks. Such column 3 is embraced in an emphasized border or marking upon coupon 3, and shows such group of roads on such coupon 3 to be the roads over whichA such coupon may be used. y

Column 4 reads From Kan. City via the roads 1Vzxbash Ry., C. G. Western Ry, A. T. & S. F. Ry., C. I.' & P. Ry., C. M. & S. I. Ry., or Chicago & Alton Ry. to Destination at the bottom of the column, which .gives reference .to the groups of printed names of stat-ions collected under the heading Destination, or which station may be written in the blank space 17. The names of the railroads grouped together in column -L on coupon 4 are inclosed in an emphasized border to show that one of the roads named in that column on that coupon will honor such coupon for passaee when the name of such road is indicate Such indication is illustrated on the ticket by embracing punch marks.

The ticket is folded along the dotted lines 13 between the coupons before the ticket is punched to bring the naines of the roads oppositc to each reoccurrence on the several tickets, the arrangement of the names being reversed upon each alternate ticket in order to cause such naines on the several coupons to register with each other when the ticket is folded, as shown in Fig. Then the ticket is thus folded one punchingoperatioii for each column makes the ticket valid over the route selected and such selection is shown on each coupon.

The railroads traveled over by the passenger in the course of the journey are shown by the punch marks 14 across each coupon, and the road upon which each coupon is valid is inclosed in andis indicated by the bordered space 12, thus Giving to all who in- .spect the same full information as to the route traveled.

The names of any tWo points between which a coupon may be valid may be used in the space 1S at the head of each coupon and I prefer to use the same to indicate the start-ing and ending point of each coupon. The station from which the coupon is valid to the next junction point or station is also included in the group of railroads running between these two points. I preferably print the name of the starting point above such group as in space 15, 15 and the tei'- minal station of such group of roads in thc spaces 16, 16, so that all information in regard to roads going from one point to another as well as the names of the two different points between which the roads run are shown in connection with the naines of the roads. Each coupon is also provided with the customary spaces for punching to indi-v cate the class of ticket, whetheifbaggage is carried thereon and for the different conductors or agents of the lines traversed.

' By grouping all of the railroads havingA common terminal or junction points in separate columns, and arranging the columns in the manner disclosed, I am enabled to make up a one form ticket with a multiplicity of routes. In the form shown in the group;

accompanying drawings, I am enabled to route a passenger from Los Angeles to one of the eastern points named over one hundred and twenty-five different combinations of railroad lines, and by the addition of more columns of roads and other destinacan be made.

I herein use the term junction point as including the point at which a transfer either of the train from one railroad to another, orjthe transfer of the passenger from the train of one road to another, is required to carry such assenger` from one point to another, whet er such point be the terminus of the railroad orsilnply a junction or divisional point. I employ f terminal herein as being the final destination of a coupon good over a road over which the ticket issold.

What I claim is l. A coupon ticket comprising a plurality of coupons, each coupon having a plurality of groups of names of railroads printed thereon in the same successive order, each group of names names of railroads having a common ,starting point and a common ending or junction point, the ending or junction point of one group of names of roads being the common starting point of the succeeding group of roads; one group of such plurality of groups of names of roads on each coupon havlng an emphasized border marking around such group, such emphasized borders being arranged progresslvely on the several coupons of the ticket in stepped relation to each other, in the order of theiruse. t

2. A coupon ticket comprising a plurality of coupons, each coupon having a plurality of groups of names of railroads printed thereon, the groups on each coupon reoccurring in the vsame relative position so that when the cou ns are brought togetherthese respective co umns lie in superposed posi tion with one another, each group of names of railroads having the name of a starting station common to' all of the-roads whose names appear in such grou arranged at the head of such group and t e name of an ending or junction point common to all such railroads the name of the ending or junction point of one group being the starting point of the railroads whose names appear in the next succeeding group of names of railroads.

tions an unlimited number of combinations of railroads comprising thetlon and arrangedV at the bottom of such arranged on the several coupons in the progressive order of the junction points or terminals, and an emphasized border around the particularcolumn designating the railroads between the points covered by the given coupon, Such borders being arranged in the progressive order of the coupons.

4. A coupon ticket comprising a plurality of coupons, a plurality of groups of names of railroads on each of such coupons, each group of railroads comprising the names of roads having a common starting and ending station, the names of the common starting and ending stations arranged in conjunction with the group of names of roads common thereto, the ending station of the initial railroad being the starting station of the railroad named in the next succeeding group over which the ticket is valid, and an emphasized border or marking around one of such groups of names of railroads on eachl coupon, such groups of names and emphasized borders therearound being arranged on the several coupons in stepped relation to each other in the advancing order of the coupons.

5. A coupon ticket having a plurality of coupons arranged and adapted for successive detachment, each `coupon having a plurality of columns of names of railroads and junction points arranged in progressive order corresponding to the successive order of the several coupons, the starting point of a succeeding coupon being the destination point Aso of the preceding coupon; the columns and.A

names upon a coupon which. correspond with the successive order of the coupon upon which it is placed being provided with an emphasized border to thereby indicate thatl a. railroad such coupon for passage between the juncterminal points named therein. y

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set named in such column will honor my hand at Los Angeles, Cal., this 26th day of November, 1909.

' i l v -ROY D. SMITH.

In presence of- F. M. TowNsEND, 'FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. 

